Tuesday 12 January 2010

The Wonder Years : 1975


  1. David Bowie - Golden Years
  2. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
  3. Roxy Music - Love is the Drug
  4. Patti Smith - Redondo Beach
  5. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - River of Love
  6. Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile
  7. The Dictators - Teengenerate
  8. Brian Eno - St Elmo's Fire
  9. Archie Bell & The Drells - The Soul City Walk
  10. Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby
  11. Johnny Hammond - Shifting Gears
  12. Kraftwerk - Antenna
  13. Neu! - Isi
  14. Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
  15. Chris Squire - Hold Out Your Hand
  16. Kim Fowley - Night of The Hunter
  17. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Don't Cry No Tears
  18. Bob Dylan - Simple Twist of Fate
  19. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

The year is 1975 and the United States of America are still reeling from the Watergate scandal. By April communist forces take Saigon forcing the unconditional surrender of the South Vietnamese and the protracted conflict is over..

Over the pond in the UK the Birmingham Six are wrongfully sentenced to life in prison and Peter Sutcliffe the Yorkshire Ripper commits his first murder..

This year also saw the sinking of SS Edmund Fitzgerald with the loss of all 29 on board. Ok... We can't seem to find any good news.. Correction, Mike Blasi arrived into the world! This one's for you mate....

1975

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